The role of DNA damage responses in p53 biology

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 501-517

  Speidel, Daniel ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer therapy; Cell cycle arrest; DNA damage; DNA Repair; P53; Senescence; Tumour suppression

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL DNA; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE ARREST; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84925487827     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1459-z     Document Type: Review

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